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Re: The History of the 'Try Gun' Salopian #580092 09/17/20 08:08 AM
Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,698 Likes: 46 Midlands,England,Great Britain... Salopian OP Sidelock
OP Salopian Sidelock Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,698 Likes: 46 Midlands,England,Great Britain...	From a post on this forum by PeteM in 2010 about William Ford. In 1890 William Ford patented his Try-Gun, the first of its kind. By this time the firm had opened shooting grounds at Small Heath in Birmingham and at Clayton in Manchester, and advertised their proficiency in gun fitting. Thanks Drew for all your research , and to everyone else , truly a fascinating subject (to me anyway) . Interestingly since the advent of the adjustable comb , people do not seem to bother with custom gunfitting now, they either use an adjustable comb (which is not perfect of course ) or they get a custom stock made , then sell the gun a few weeks later.

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Subject	Posted By	Posted
The History of the 'Try Gun'	Salopian	09/12/20 01:15 PM
Re: The History of the 'Try Gun'	Steve Helsley	09/12/20 02:02 PM
Re: The History of the 'Try Gun'	Daryl Hallquist	09/12/20 02:12 PM
Re: The History of the 'Try Gun'	Steve Nash	09/13/20 02:17 AM
Re: The History of the 'Try Gun'	Walter C. Snyder	09/13/20 03:39 AM
Re: The History of the 'Try Gun'	Imperdix	09/13/20 05:11 AM
Re: The History of the 'Try Gun'	eightbore	09/13/20 07:32 AM
Re: The History of the 'Try Gun'	Drew Hause	09/13/20 12:34 PM
Re: The History of the 'Try Gun'	Drew Hause	09/13/20 12:36 PM
Re: The History of the 'Try Gun'	Drew Hause	09/13/20 12:37 PM
Re: The History of the 'Try Gun'	Drew Hause	09/13/20 12:40 PM
Re: The History of the 'Try Gun'	Walter C. Snyder	09/13/20 05:43 PM
Re: The History of the 'Try Gun'	Salopian	09/14/20 09:43 AM
Re: The History of the 'Try Gun'	Salopian	09/14/20 12:51 PM
Re: The History of the 'Try Gun'	eightbore	09/14/20 04:58 PM
Re: The History of the 'Try Gun'	Drew Hause	09/14/20 05:26 PM
Re: The History of the 'Try Gun'	Salopian	09/14/20 05:55 PM
Re: The History of the 'Try Gun'	eightbore	09/14/20 06:00 PM
Re: The History of the 'Try Gun'	Drew Hause	09/14/20 08:42 PM
Re: The History of the 'Try Gun'	Drew Hause	09/14/20 09:54 PM
Re: The History of the 'Try Gun'	eightbore	09/15/20 02:04 PM
Re: The History of the 'Try Gun'	DAM16SXS	09/15/20 08:39 PM
Re: The History of the 'Try Gun'	eightbore	09/15/20 10:41 PM
Re: The History of the 'Try Gun'	Salopian	09/16/20 09:13 AM
Re: The History of the 'Try Gun'	Drew Hause	09/16/20 01:12 PM
Re: The History of the 'Try Gun'	eightbore	09/16/20 01:21 PM
Re: The History of the 'Try Gun'	Drew Hause	09/16/20 02:13 PM
Re: The History of the 'Try Gun'	Drew Hause	09/16/20 06:10 PM
Re: The History of the 'Try Gun'	Drew Hause	09/16/20 07:55 PM
Re: The History of the 'Try Gun'	Drew Hause	09/16/20 09:22 PM
Re: The History of the 'Try Gun'	DAM16SXS	09/16/20 09:29 PM
Re: The History of the 'Try Gun'	Salopian	09/17/20 12:08 PM
Re: The History of the 'Try Gun'	Drew Hause	09/17/20 12:13 PM
Re: The History of the 'Try Gun'	Drew Hause	09/17/20 04:32 PM
Re: The History of the 'Try Gun'	Drew Hause	09/17/20 05:25 PM
Re: The History of the 'Try Gun'	Drew Hause	09/17/20 09:49 PM
Re: The History of the 'Try Gun'	DAM16SXS	09/17/20 11:37 PM
Re: The History of the 'Try Gun'	Old-Doubles	09/18/20 09:27 AM
Re: The History of the 'Try Gun'	DAM16SXS	09/18/20 02:19 PM
Re: The History of the 'Try Gun'	Drew Hause	09/18/20 09:03 PM
Re: The History of the 'Try Gun'	eightbore	09/18/20 11:42 PM
Re: The History of the 'Try Gun'	Argo44	09/19/20 01:20 AM
Re: The History of the 'Try Gun'	Niemann	02/03/21 09:54 PM
Re: The History of the 'Try Gun'	Mike Harrell	02/04/21 07:30 AM
Re: The History of the 'Try Gun'	Stanton Hillis	02/04/21 11:58 AM
Re: The History of the 'Try Gun'	arrieta2	02/04/21 04:18 PM
Re: The History of the 'Try Gun'	Drew Hause	09/12/22 07:08 PM

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